Type-setting machine.



A. B. DICK. TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1909.

Patented July '2, 1912.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1909.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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UNITED s'rarns liri TENT orator.

ALBERT 3. max, OF LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. B. DICK OOMPANY,or

' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

TYPE-SETTING MAC INE.

' Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements. inType-Setting Machines, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention is directed to the provision of a machine for settingtype foru'sgjin printing, and it relates more par i tulaily to atype-setting machine adaite "for use in 0 cos in setting type for otee-printers, for which use it would frequently be operated by personsnot possessing a great degree of skill.

The invention concerns a typesetting;- machine of the characterdisclosed in the patent to Henry Weinig'er, io. 919,408, granted I EApril 27, 1909, and its object is to effect certam improvements in theconstruction of the apparatus disclosed in that patent, whereby themachine is made more reliable and efiicient in operation and moreconvenient to use.

A feature of primary importance in my invention is the provision of aplurality of type-supports or cases, one for each of thety'pecharacters, anda movable ficlet'lblllgflljvice which may be'broughtinto cooperative relation to any one of these type-cases and Operated tomove one type from the case into a composing-stick.- The type-cases areof peculiar construction, are arranged so as to hold the similar typecharacters in a line,

ily eject a type from the desired case.

I have illustrated the preferred embodiment'of my invention in theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a front view of thetype-set- -9 maehipe broken away in part; Fig. 2 is atransvr'se sectionof the same; Figs. 3', 4 and'Ear' -detail? 'vlews hereinafter referredfi -t0; and Fig.6 is 'a view showingone at the as:

f ea r eferrmg to these drawings, the maclnne Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed July 31, 1909. Serial No. 510,553.

Patented July 2,1912.

consists of two end-members Aand A. connected at their upper ends by abar A", and -iniow this'by two rods B and 1%. Above the rodl are twobars C, C, extending parallel tothe-rod B andfixed at their ends to theend-memberswhA. These two bars type-cases, one for each supply ofsimilar type characters. Each supply of similar I), and the severalcases I) are adapted to l, with their lower ends resting upon the uppersurface of the bar C. The bar (3 is of angular cross-section, and in oneof the webs thereof is a plurality of guide-grooves (1, adjacent groovesbeing sc 'mrated by a narrow wall It. The upper surface of the bar (l isformed to provide a shoulder d therein, so that the rear portion of theupper face of the bar (l is raised slight ly above the front portion ofthe upper face of this bar, and the shoulder I! is directly in line withthe rear walls of the guide-grooves (I, so that when a case D is mountedin position its bears a 'ainst the shoulder (Z and the rear wall (it?the guide-groove (Z and the case is held in a vertical position by theflanges d at the sidesof the guide-groove (I. p

The construction of each of the several -type-cases is best shown inFigs. 2 and (3, from which-it will be seen that each typecase consistsof two sheet-metal nu-mbors E and I The member E is a boxlikc structure,open at the end c and the edge u, and the rear edge is closed throughoutexcept. for the provision of a small opening at the lower end oi themember. The side walls of the member I) are provided with notches attheir upper ends, as shown at c. The member .E is also a boxlilcestructure and of such width that its side walls may fit over the sidewalls of the member E, as shown in Fig. 2, the member E being open atthe edge 0* thereof. The upper end of the member E is open except forthe provision of a strapc" connecting the side walls of the membenand ofa width corresponi'line to the width of the notch e in the member I).'The lowJr ciul ot the member E is open, as indicated at a", but themember is closed along the edge (1 except for the provision of aplurality of siglit-o )enings e" and an open- Inge at the lower end ofthe member E.

C and (1" form the supports-tor the several.

type characters is contained within a case stand in a vertical position,as shown in Fig.

lower end rests upon the bar (1, its rear side h sufficient to carrythem out of engagement with the pins, j, thus permitting the slide J tobe moved up and down at will; the sprin I is extended laterally andprovided wit a button, as shown at i, to facilitate this lateralmovement of the springs.

To the slide J is detachably secured the 1 composing-stick K. The stickis made of sheet metal and is provided with a longitudinal slot at itslower end and a transverse slot at its upper end, adapted to coast withthe pins 70, 70, respectively, on the slide J, to secure thestickdetachably to the slide. A leaf-spring la is provided upon theslide J, adapted to bear against the side of the stick K and hold thesame rigidly in position. At the bottom of the type-groove in the stickK, I provide a member k of such length that it projects beyond thesidewalls of the stickto a point directly under the ends of the typewhich are set up in the stick. so that this member if assists in preventing the'type from becoming tilted and falling out ,of the stickwhile the latter is being moved vertically during the operation ofsetting up a line of type. to the front of the carriage directly in linei with the composingstick K, when the latter is mounted upon the slideJ, is a bar L so positioned that as the composingstick moves downwardlyit will lie close enough -to the adjacent ends of the type within thestick to preclude them from moving out wardly and becoming spilled.

In order to facilitate accurately positionirig the pusher or ejector IIwith respect to a. case of type, I provide a bar l extending between theend-members A, A, and secured thereto; this bar is of angularcrosssection, and one web thereof extends rearwardly and has a pluralityof slots Z cut therein, one for each type-case. The pmi 'ectin members 1in between ad'acent slots are beveled at their ends, as shown at Z Fig.3. Fixed to the lever G is a locking-n'iember Z, which, when the pusherH is retracted, lies in the position in which it is f shown in Fig. 2with' respect to the locking- Secured.

end-frames A, A,'on which is printed in any suitable manner charactersrepresenting the type in the cases supported upon the bar 0. Thesecharacters are of course so arranged that when the finger M points to aparticular character, the pusher or ejector II will be directly in rearof the case containing the type of that character. In Fig. 1, only twoof the typecases are shown, but it will be understood that one isprovided for each of the characters it is desired to print, and thesema, be of varying length,

so that some will he 1 a greater number of type than others, the lopgercases being provided for the type characters which are most frequentlyused.

The operation of the machine will be ima derstood from the foregoingdescription. The type are mounted in the cases D and the latter arepositioned upon the supports C, as before described. An emptycomposingstick K is then secured upon the slide J and, the springs I, Ibein moved laterally, the slide J is raised to t e upper limit of itsmovement. The springs 1, I, are then re leased and returned to theirnormal position in coaction with the pins j. The handle 7 is thengrasped and the carriage moved back and forth upon the rod B until the'desired osition is reached, whereupon the handle {I s depressed,thereby first locking the carriage against lateral movement and thenmoving the pusher or ejector H through the opening in the rear edge ofone of the typecases and forcing the lowermost type therein through theopening in the front edge of this type-case and into the stick K.lVitliin the stick, the type falls upon the lower cnd' thereof or theuppermost type in the stick, and as the handle 9 is raised to unlock thecarriage the usher or ejector'H is withdrawn from t at type-case. In theforward and return movementof the pusher ll, the cscapement mechanism,comprising the springs I, I, and the pins 7', is operated to'perinit theslide J and the composingstick K carried thereby to move downwardly adistance equal to the width of one type.

Having described my invention what I claim as new therein and desire tosecure by Letters Patent ot' the U nitcd States is:

1. The combination of end-frames, two bars extending between the sameone having a plurality of guide-grooves therein, a phii'ality ofdisconnected type-cases iiidividually removable by a vertical movementeach lying in one of the guide-grooves in one of said bars and hearingat one end on the other of said bars and each of said cases beingvertically disposed and containing a single line of similar type, acarriage movable horizontally into cotiperative relation to each of saidtypo-cases, an operating device on the carriagc,.an ejector operatedthereby adapted to enter any one of said removable typecases and eject atype therefrom, means for locking the carriage against movement when theejector is operated, a composing stick movable vertically upon thecarriage, and an escapement operated when the ejector is operated forgoverning the movement of said stick, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of end-frames, two bars extending between the sameone having a plurality of guide-grooves therein, a plurality ofdisconnected type-cases individually removable by a vertical movementeach lying in one of the guide-grooves in one of said bars and hearingat one end on the other of said bars and each of said cases beingdisposed in an upright position and containing .1 single line of type,each of said cases having openings in opposite walls thereof at one endof a size to permit one type only to pass therethrough at a time, acarriage movable horizontally into cooperative rela tion to each of saidt ype-cases, an operating device on said carriage, an ejector operatedthereby and adapted to pass through said openings, n'reans for lockingthe carriage when. the ejector is operated, a sticlrmovable vertically,upon the carriage, and an cscapen'ient operated when the ejector isoperated for regulating the movement of said stick, substantially setforth.

3. The combination of end-frames, two" bars cXtemling between the sameone having .i plurality of guide-grooves therein, a plurality ofdisconnected and individually removable typewases each lying in one ofthe guide-grooves in one of said bars and bearing atoneend on the otherof said bars and I Vilitnesses each ,of said cases having openings inope at a time, a carriage movable into c06perative relation to each ofsaid type-cases, a stick on said carriage, an operatin device on thecarriage and an ejector moved by said device to enter said openings andtransfer a type from a type-case to said stick, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination of end-frames, two bars extending between the sameone having a lengthwise shoulder on the upper face thereof and the otherhaving a plurality of guide-grooves therein, a plurality of disconnectedand individually removable typecases each lying in one of saidguide-grooves and having one end resting against said shoulder and thesurface of the bar adjacent thereto, each of said cases having openingsin opposite walls thereof at one end of a size to permit one type onlyto pass'therethrough at a time, a carriage movableinto cooperativerelation to each of said cases, an operating device on said carriage, anejector operated thereby to enter said openings and move a type from atype-case, a type-receiver movable on the carriage and adapted toreceive the type moved by the ejector, and an escapement regulating themovement of said receiver in accordance with the operation of saidejector, substantially as Set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 26th day of July, 1909.

ALBERT B. DICK.

R. R. HARRINGTON, W. Gr. ARNOLD.

